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| Placement Test for New Students In the first week of class, based on faculty evaluation, students often need to be switched to a different class based on their level of language skills. This can be disruptive and occasionally the appropriate placement of the student is not adequately assessed until after the drop-add period, thereby resulting in the student remaining in a class beneath or above his/her level or withdrawing from the course without the ability to add a different course. |  | Measure: Placement test for New Students: WebCAPE Course level; Direct - Exam | |  | | | | Proposed actions to achieve goal: MLL faculty has worked closely with Dean Brower to assess and refine the current system of placement and consider the use of a professional placement exam such as the Computerized Adaptive Placement Exams (CAPE).The digital version, WebCAPE Placement Test (SPT) is a multiple-choice computerized exam that tests a student’s knowledge of Spanish, French or any language at different levels of difficulty. The exam discerns a student’s solid knowledge from partial knowledge, which allows the assignment of a score that will predict accurately a student’s ability to succeed at a particular level of Spanish course. The exam measures knowledge, rather than experience, so students should not be bumped up or down a level based on the number of years of high school languages courses taken. Expected Results: Students are properly placed on languages classes Details/Description: Research and contact created with WebCApe Company.. They provided estimation and Budget. If this is approved by Dean and Provost, Data will be gathered regarding the number of students whose initial placements needed to be adjusted. Additional data on student success rates in the courses will be gathered. These data will be compared to the system now in place to see if there has been an improvement under the revised placement process. |
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| Continue the Assessment Plan for MLL We will continue to use ACTFL Proficiency Exams in Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening for all graduating majors and budget permitting hope to be able to extend this assessment to minors. | | Measure: ACTFL PROFICIENCY EXAMS AND RUBRICS Program level; Direct - Exam | | | | | | Proposed actions to achieve goal: The Department will keep administering to all language majors in the upper junior and senior year the ACTFL proficiency exams in all four skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening)). The Department will continue to use the current rubrics in 300 and 400 level courses to complement the ACTFL test assessment of the majors and minors and to evaluate their cultural and literary competency. Expected Results: Details/Description: |
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| PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO USE THE TARGET LANGUAGE Students indicate that they need more opportunities outside of class to practice and develop their skills and enhance their knowledgge | | Measure: PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO USE THE TARGET LANGUAGE Indirect - Other | | | | | | Proposed actions to achieve goal: The Department will continue to require that students attend/participate in a minimum of 3 cultural activities related to the target language and write an essay about their experience. The Department will create additional internship and field experience opportunities for students. The Department will also plan cultural events for students, faculty, and alumni, including lectures in both English as well as the languages taught at Manhattan College that deal with current issues as well as literature, music, and the arts. If given the necessary budget, The Department will expand in some languages to 3 hours weekly the conversation tables. Expected Results: Details/Description: • Attendance data at cultural events will be collected with the goals of 80% of students fulfilling the three event requirement.
• The Department sets a goal of providing 6 field experiences related to courses.
• The Department will present 6 cultural events with the goal of a minimum attendance of 50 language students, faculty and alumni.
• Data on student attendance at conversation tables will be kept. |
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| Creating a new minor in Chinese Currently there are 21 students from 5 schools and Lehman College (through our MC-Lehman Consortium in Languages) studying Mandarin Chinese. The enrollment in Introductory Chinese is growing each year, and several fresh Chinese learners have already expressed their wish to pursue minor in Chinese | | Measure: Data on students attendance new minor on Chinese Course level; Direct - Other | | | | | | Proposed actions to achieve goal: There are two part-time Chinese faculty members in the department teaching Chinese 101/102, 201/202, and independent studies. To achieve the minor requirement, one more section of Chinese 301 (Fall) /302 (Spring) would be added Expected Results: Details/Description: |
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| Increase enrollment and interest for foreign languages courses Enrollment in foreign language courses is down for the first time since about 2015 and enrollments in major European languages -- including Spanish -- are way down, including enrollment in the majors and minors in Spanish, French , and Italian. This is a nationwide phenomenon as indicated by the Modern Language Association statistics. | | Measure: INCREASING ENROLLMENT ON MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES MAJORS AND MINORS Indirect - Other | | | | | Proposed actions to achieve goal: 1-Scholarships: MLL will Request funds in 2017-18 budget to restore language scholarships for new students who choose to study a language.
2- Re-enforce an Italian minor hiring a visiting professor. The only full time Italian professor has opted for an early retirement plan. The department needs a new professor that can take responsibility to create a strong program for this language. The department proposes to hire the professor Luissana Sardu (Attached documentation)
3- Create "Bridge" courses in French and Spanish to attract students to continue taking language courses and start a minor after their requirements.
4- Look for financial aid for students who go study abroad and continue their language studies in the department.
5- Create new study abroad programs in France and in Latin America that include language classes.Expected Results: Increase number of minors and majors. Details/Description: - Collect data of students who continue with their minors in Italian, French and Spanish and compare them with data from previous years.
-Data on student attendance Study Abroad Programs with Financial Aids will be requested from the Study Abroad Office. |
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MLL ADMINISTRATIVE GOALS 2017-2018